tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41335722011-04-21T19:11:21.050ZSubtitlesThis is my blog, Please feel free to e-mail me at weltenschauung AT
fastmail DOT EFF EMM (fm). Above is a link to my personal site.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-957584982003-06-17T16:44:00.000Z2003-06-17T16:44:42.676ZJust to be Official about it, my web-presence has moved to this site: www.fallingbeam.org or if you want a direct link to my new blog, it can be found here: blog.fallingbeam.org. If you're wondering why, or you have any questions, you can direct them to my email link on my main page, or just post in my new forums here: forum.fallingbeam.org.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-957016652003-06-16T02:54:00.000Z2003-06-16T02:54:39.750ZNeed to put in pages for the parables of Subtitles and the Falling Beam.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-956994062003-06-16T01:31:00.000Z2003-06-16T01:31:16.183ZI've spent most of the day figuring out how to use Movable Type, so that I don't have to rely on blogger anymore for my blogging needs. It'd be nice if I could save the entries here to the new blog, but I don't think I can be bothered. I'll probably just load all the entries into one page and then save that page for archiving. My new blog address should be active soon enough here. It's basically subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-956834122003-06-15T12:54:00.000Z2003-06-15T12:54:43.853ZI'm a bit cheesed off at the fact that the "My Pictures" button on my keyboard (which I actually use to open Word) is being a bit flaky. I could return the keyboard and get a new one, but that would mean I would be sans keyboard for god knows how long. Ah well, this keyboard can go back to singapore then :D. I still wish I had managed to get the older kind of Natural keyboard, which I probably subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-956832602003-06-15T12:45:00.000Z2003-06-15T12:45:36.773ZI've moved my site, not that it's particularly finished, to www.breezeland.com who seemed to have the best free hosting I could find. They offer ftp access, which is really what I was looking for, and the responsiveness is pretty nice. The url on the left has changed to reflect this, and so have the redirected urls below. I'm still contemplating what content I could use for my opera-fanboy site, subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-956343552003-06-13T16:44:00.000Z2003-06-13T16:44:58.876ZHmm... found a link on how to spam-proof your site, basically how to display an e-mail address on your site without spammers sucessfully scanning for it. I'll try it for a while and see if it works - and use my york address :D. Here it is.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-956313872003-06-13T15:19:00.000Z2003-06-13T15:19:09.120ZI've actually gotten a number of redirect URL's now from www.cjb.net. Convenient, and happily, free. The would be www.louiskhor.cjb.net www.fallingbeam.cjb.net and www.operafanboy.cjb.net, all of which work with or without the www in front. Unfortunately, they all seem to cause scrolling problems in IE (not in Opera or Mozilla though) and you end up stuck in that frame...subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-956277242003-06-13T13:27:00.000Z2003-06-13T13:27:04.246ZRather impressed by a pretty good (not to mention reasonably funny) article in the Inq today, it's about AI (Artificial Intelligence) and an automated vacuum cleaner. You can find it here.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-956072992003-06-12T22:37:00.000Z2003-06-13T11:36:08.000ZSo far this place seems to have the plan that best suits my needs, I need to check a number of things, but they come highly recommended from here. And they have cheap domain registration. It's tempting. I'll sleep on it and see how. Have to wonder about domain name transfer as well in case I ever grow beyond what they offer (highly unlikely of course).subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-956066302003-06-12T22:12:00.000Z2003-06-12T22:45:56.000ZI'm thinking of purchasing a domain name. the best that I've thought of so far is fallingbeam.org - a reference to something that stuck in my head from Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. Fallingbeam.com obviously seems to already be taken, and to be honest I'm not even really sure how domain names work, and whether it'll be able to link to a non-paid hosting site. I should probably just take the subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-955988262003-06-12T18:15:00.000Z2003-06-12T18:15:31.310ZPeishan's been rather naughty in suggesting that this blog has become rather laden with computer jargon. One word for Peishan. Neh.
But well, just one small mention then of my daily pet peeve: People who use coloured backgrounds and text in IM clients, esp ICQ. You know who you are, god damn would you please come to understand that text is meant to be read, not squinted at?subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-955921632003-06-12T15:11:00.000Z2003-06-12T18:16:02.000ZJust found a fantastic site for getting music videos online (other than Zone, which is still premier shit). You have to register for the forum (much like MP3WMA before) but they have links in the forum to tonnes of sites. Once you've registered here, you can view this link, with just a *few* sites to start you off. I think my computer's suddenly so non-responsive because of the extreme subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-955911192003-06-12T14:41:00.000Z2003-06-12T14:41:03.556ZOkay, think I should find out more about styles before cutting an pasting stuff wholesale. Made my site look not too bad, but sort of glaringly badly formatted. Barg.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-955906962003-06-12T14:29:00.000Z2003-06-12T14:29:11.183ZHmm. Can't seem to get my archive working as I want it. Bugger. Small changes to the template, so that the layout will be more similar to my site, which I'll probably go and edit now.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-955902772003-06-12T14:17:00.000Z2003-06-12T14:17:25.363ZHoorah, now I have a link to my new/inconstruction site to my left, cunningly labelled "My Site". Starting to think more and more that I can't be bothered to move to Movable Type, despite their promise towards standards compliance. I'll probably just edit my template for my blog to match the template of my eventual site.
Oh and yes I went clubbing in Leeds last night. I really shouldn't do subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-955895742003-06-12T13:56:00.000Z2003-06-12T13:56:59.260ZHuh, trying to edit my sidebar.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-955309242003-06-11T01:59:00.000Z2003-06-11T01:59:49.913ZI've actually added a Site Meter, which is rather novel, which you might notice on the left below the blogger button. Now I'll really know how few people give a rat's ass.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-955020062003-06-10T12:05:00.000Z2003-06-10T12:05:33.930ZHmm... trawling through the Opera forums, I've found rather interesting posts about CSS, some with tonnes of info: here, for instance.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-955016992003-06-10T11:51:00.000Z2003-06-10T11:57:48.000ZOh my god, this stupid HTML course. Designed for mental midgets :D. Other than the fact that they have to hand-hold people through copying folders from one place to another it's not horrible... The good thing is that it makes you sit down and actually do junk, so it's not so pathetic, and apparently they'll get to things like css later. Garg. 4 more hours to go. Neither Clarissa nor Eugene were subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-954329502003-06-08T19:28:00.000Z2003-06-08T19:34:02.000ZHmm, maybe I'll have to change my mind about how useful mobile phone cameras are. Reminds me of the whole JC girls website thing in S'pore. waiting for this guy to get sued, but otherwise it seems pretty fun :D. Apparently the spirit of the JC girls thing hasn't died out a quick google search yielded this.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-954253222003-06-08T04:47:00.000Z2003-06-08T04:47:43.390ZFeeling incredibly dissolute for not being more productive. Hopefully Emen's starting to get my subtle hints that asking about what I'm going to do after graduation are not welcome. Have resolved to clear up my room tomorrow, maybe even do my laundry and throw away all the stuff that needs throwing. Shall have to ask around about where's the best place to get free web hosting so I can start subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-954103432003-06-07T18:11:00.000Z2003-06-07T18:11:03.670ZOh my god Microsoft makes fan-fucking-tastic input hardware. They keyboard I got is definitely replacing the one I have in the states - the responsiveness is so wonderful, not as much resistence as the one I have - pity it's in UK format though. The mouse is fantastic, if anything the scrolling looks smoother than the old one, and the handling is sublime - pity it's very much USB only, so my subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-952444062003-06-03T17:06:00.000Z2003-06-03T17:06:47.780ZVery happy to hear the sound of the windows XP startup music again, after foolishly deleting my SUSE installation in the hope of installing Red Hat, which inexplicably refuses to start anaconda. Bastards. Had to reinstall Suse all over again, 2 hours of ftp install, fun fun fun.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-952121462003-06-02T23:39:00.000Z2003-06-02T23:39:20.963ZSomeone's been naughty and bought yet another keyboard and a nice new wireless ergonomic mouse. Oh dear. No prizes. I sooth my conscience by telling myself they'll go towards building the computers back in Singapore.
I must find out how to update Mozilla rather than just doing the install as I've done - makes using Ximian that bit harder. And I can't find the path to the Evolution executable. subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-952048582003-06-02T19:45:00.000Z2003-06-02T19:45:44.760ZClever open source people who make lovely workarounds for mouse gestures.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-952040732003-06-02T19:25:00.000Z2003-06-02T19:25:13.516ZNow if only they'd detect my mouse buttons correctly for mouse gestures, I'd be pretty grateful. Opera does it fine, but then it's Opera.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-952039912003-06-02T19:22:00.000Z2003-06-02T19:22:44.056ZI'm just now very very impressed with what previously was something pretty nonsense: Mozilla. On Linux it's seems to be the best browser of the lot, the smooth scrolling is AMAZING. It might just be me, but at present it's actually the one thing that's better on linux than on windows. And for whatever reason, I'm not so finicky about the size of toolbars in linux as in windows. woo hoo, score 1 subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-951988862003-06-02T17:13:00.000Z2003-06-02T23:35:29.000ZInstalling Linux is one of those things that people do when they feel very very very free. And yet there's this absolutely strange draw about using it, despite all it's multitude of shortcomings. I've had SUSE 8.2 on my notebook, dual booting with XP for about a day now, and I find I'm using Suse more than XP. Not because it's better by any means, simply because XP has become boring. Linux, subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-949451412003-05-27T16:06:00.000Z2003-05-27T16:06:33.456ZLovely having a blog to post links to download.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-948204442003-05-24T07:46:00.000Z2003-05-24T07:46:50.083ZWish I had some Soundgarden with me now.
Oh, my switch is turning out rather well, even though my notebook only has one ps/2 port. It's a bit sqeezy using a USB to PS/2 adaptor on the switch itself, but it works, so who's to complain. I wonder if the Belkin will be able to handle the adaptor. Well, I probably won't have to find out till I get *another* computer, or I get a job... :).subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-948203452003-05-24T07:40:00.000Z2003-05-24T07:40:47.703ZIt's so nice writing to Cari again.
Going back to York on Tuesday - don't worry, Mahjong will numb the pain. Planning to go for the Computing Service classes when I go back, always wanted to learn how to code by hand - and they seems to be teaching how to do nice standards compliant stuff - things like CSS and impressive things like that. Also really need to get to grips with Excel and Access,subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-946750702003-05-21T07:40:00.000Z2003-05-21T07:40:29.390ZPoke me with a fork.
Just when I thought I could shut the fuck up and leave things be, Alvin's got to send me an e-mail saying he's read this stuff. *sigh*.
I'm not even going to try to catch up on what's been going on, can't be bothered.
Tired.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-936293932003-05-02T02:17:00.000Z2003-05-02T02:17:15.280ZI'm done, woo hoo.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-931735172003-04-24T12:36:00.000Z2003-04-24T12:37:30.000ZBeginning to realise that the media have led up to this for a while now. This gives some idea of the timeline that's involved: this, then this .subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-931720242003-04-24T11:54:00.000Z2003-04-24T11:54:39.896ZIf anyone knew of or was a part of the site, drop me a line, especially if you know anything about what's happening.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-931719812003-04-24T11:52:00.000Z2003-04-24T11:52:54.880ZA bunch of articles, probably all from the same reuters report, can be found here.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-931718872003-04-24T11:50:00.000Z2003-04-24T11:50:25.920ZI just posted this on NTFS.org, on hearing from their article that MP3/WMA Land has been closed down and the webmasters arrested. It seems to have affected me rather profoundly for whatever reason.
I'm sort of shocked, I've been going there for years now, and these guys are just basically nice guys who share mp3s. sure they weren't the most legal of people but they weren't trying to profit subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-925709422003-04-14T08:09:00.000Z2003-04-23T05:40:28.000ZI got my picture on the "Fans of Opera" page here. Hoorah :)subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-924732192003-04-12T06:31:00.000Z2003-04-12T06:31:37.530ZI'm seriously considering shutting down my Yahoo account because of the spam, especially since I shifted over the fastmail recently. It's really not Yahoo's fault, I was careless with the address so... But that said, Fastmail, with IMAP, is the best free way to read mail in Outlook (or any mail client probably) - Hotmail is a bit flaky with Outlook, which is a pity since it wan't quite as bad subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-924673972003-04-12T03:59:00.000Z2003-04-12T03:59:02.856ZI look forward to the time when blogging can be something I can be committed to every day, without feelings of guilt if I do so. That said, I have to tell the world that Opera 7.10 has been released, and my it's a nice browser. Anyone who has a spare half an hour should really give it a spin. Any reservations I had about recommending 7.0x is gone, and if you're doing a fresh install of 7.1, subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-922751972003-04-09T06:44:00.000Z2003-04-09T06:44:43.576ZEveryone should marvel at the wonder that is Tush. Don't really feel like writing, but feel the need to type. Will simply spew for a minute. Spew.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-921298392003-04-07T05:15:00.000Z2003-04-07T05:15:21.590ZWondering about the status of my monitor, since there's some flickering when Opera is open but without any pages. Pretty annoying. But then it probably means there's no signal degradation from using the switch. Too dispirited to blog further.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-919724122003-04-04T09:22:00.000Z2003-04-04T09:22:51.700ZJust on a side note, the other thing I don't write about here is porn. (What does that MEAN?)subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-919723472003-04-04T09:20:00.000Z2003-04-04T09:20:38.153ZThis is taken from a reply to one of Allison's e-mails:
There's a reason why I don't write about who I'm with - it's one of the Rules. That's not one of the things I want people to have access to simply because as I'm sure you know, what happens between two people is always special, always unique, and always misinterpreted - even if (or especially if) you are the one doing the representing. subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-917920522003-04-01T20:39:00.000Z2003-04-01T20:39:41.030ZCDR's came. Woke up after about 5 hours. Starting to require nicotine. Will start work in a minute.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-917653752003-04-01T10:14:00.000Z2003-04-01T10:14:11.310ZIt's all about drugs. It's all about shame.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-917650452003-04-01T09:52:00.000Z2003-04-01T09:52:31.966ZOh and I figured out a couple of days ago that I can be the no. 1 hit on Google if you search for subtitles weltenschauung, like so. In fact unless things change, that is a legitimate google-bash, though with more than one word obviously.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-917649642003-04-01T09:47:00.000Z2003-04-01T09:47:13.280ZI just need to write, I need to see my thoughts and ideas appear before me in corporeal form, in the fixation of linguistic signs. Does this mean that when they occur in my mind that they are somehow non-corporeal, that fixation is not just about that, the inscription of thought rather than the manifestation of it? If I simply concentrated on a thought or an idea, would it manifest as readily as subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-917246842003-03-31T19:14:00.000Z2003-03-31T19:14:41.763ZWoke up and recieved an authorise request on ICQ, wondering who was my nice new friend today. Found out it was Elaine with some asinine thing about her website being used to host this thing on boycotting American goods. In the words of a great band: Who Invited You? Moron.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-916908812003-03-31T06:01:00.000Z2003-03-31T06:01:33.420ZLooking forward to watching Michael Moore on Bill Maher's show later. Always entertaining surely.
If I hear about another journalist "embedded" in an American/British military unit, I'm going to embed something up CNN's ass.
Bought a new mousepad from CompUSA, which otherwise is a poor excuse for a retail store selling overpriced, substandard hardware.
Found Allison on the Opera fans subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-916821472003-03-31T03:12:00.000Z2003-03-31T03:12:49.043ZApparently people are finding my site at random nowadays, some guy from france (hello Mr.Bryce), a nutty fucker basically, told me he found it searching for subtitles and buffy. I'm no. 6 on Google searching for subtitles and Louis. Woo Hoo. Watching what is really a pretty shit new WB series called Black Sash. I suppose it's interesting since the main star is a the older Chinese guy which is a subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-916372642003-03-30T05:48:00.000Z2003-03-30T05:48:43.950ZJust feel like typing. Lowered my table so as to be more ergonomic, and it is. Mouse still seems a bit annoying but I'm sure I'm just obsessing. I'm just wondering whether after all it wouldn't be better to have a normal rather than split keyboard. Perfect Strangers is on BBC America, which is nice. Wouldn't it be nice to live life to Poliakoff music. Been discovering the wonder of E-Donkey, subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-914622202003-03-27T05:49:00.000Z2003-03-27T05:49:45.046ZHave just spent the entire day, instead of working, installing and uninstalling antivirus products. Had decided that PC-Cillin was acting up a bit in not updating automatically all the time due to proxy problems left over from York. I now realise a simple uninstall reinstall would have worked. Well at least I know now that Mcafee stuff is pretty much air-tight in terms of it's product activation,subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-913936032003-03-26T05:23:00.000Z2003-03-26T05:23:55.810ZFound a lovely new mail service that offers IMAP for free, comes with really good reviews and probably worth checking out: Fastmail.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-913933992003-03-26T05:19:00.000Z2003-03-26T05:19:48.060ZReally must start writing again, if only to give me some momentum. And I do have a lovely new keyboard which is working out rather well. Natural keyboards are so the way to go for people who can touch-type. The monitor is turning out quite well, it's a Viewsonic P-95f+, which I got for a rather handsome price on Pricegrabber. None of that faux flat-screen stuff from Samsung, which I was subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-912977672003-03-24T20:09:00.000Z2003-03-24T20:09:31.890ZOf all the things people want to cover and export to the US; Whole Again? I have to admit I actually quite like Atomic Kitten, and have done since their inception, but this blatant attempt at repackaging something for the US? And the one lyric change that sounds so awkward - "you still turn me on" to "you can do no wrong" - just smacks of them marketing youth. That said I'm finding Lillix rather subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-912566212003-03-24T03:31:00.000Z2003-03-24T03:31:31.513ZOscar night, nice to have some festivitiy, even though I couldn't care less who's winning. Rather appreciated WGN airing their attempt at a proper awards pre-show - nice, catty, and all about frocks. Feeling in two minds about the whole managedness and appropriateness of the ceremony - makes me root for Michael Moore as documentary filmaker, just so he can go off on one and provide some subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-907342912003-03-14T22:43:00.000Z2003-03-14T22:43:12.796ZHello. Now I'm not sure who I'm saying hello to, whether it's my neglected blog or simply my adoring public, but yes, hello. Anyone who's read my blog at length, or actually knows me, knows that when I'm in Chicago, I'm quite a bit happier. That's the reason why I don't blog so much when I'm here. No need for it to make me feel better, and I'm not stuck in front of my computer quite as much.
subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-904060262003-03-09T17:00:00.000Z2003-03-09T17:00:33.110ZBeen watching Bangles videos again. Oh my Susanna Hoffs is hot. Girls, there was a reason why she was the front-woman - so there. And judging from what Diamond (or Pearl?) aka Ms. Carpenter said about Prince and his penchant for girls who look a particular way, Suzy would have been an ideal candidate. Very come hither, very distinct sounding voice, very active. Always want to tease the connectionsubtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-903981752003-03-09T12:30:00.000Z2003-03-09T12:32:21.000ZThis is an e-mail that is in reply to Leigh, which I'll send out in a minute, that's a reply to her mail to me.
Hi Leigh,
First things first, my name is Louis ;). Thank you. In a way I really do apologise for the fact that I write about so much nonsense that I know no one is going to give a toss about. You're actually the first person I don't know to comment on my blog, and I'm quite happy subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-903738322003-03-08T23:10:00.000Z2003-03-08T23:29:36.000ZI figure I should do some sort of writing, since the other kind is so obviously not happening.
(It is heppening... again... It is heppening... again...)
Just a recommendation to those clever people now using Opera, I'm currently a big big fan of this guy's skins. His name is Christian Krebs, and his skins are breathtaking, especially Strange Truth 2 (if you like things clean), and Oxid (if subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-903650652003-03-08T19:17:00.000Z2003-03-08T19:17:46.390ZI feel really paralysed by the fact that I'm still waiting for the response to my application.
I'm currently waiting for Ben to finish showering so I can go. Woo Hoo.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-903617992003-03-08T17:50:00.000Z2003-03-08T18:54:27.000ZAh, the Economist. You need a subscription to read this unfortunately, but the gist of it is summed up in the title and subsequent subtitles:
"Anti-war students
Dream on
Students think their protests will stop the war. Tremble, Tony"
Lest you think this is all I read, here's something from the Register. The last line is just classic.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-903591322003-03-08T16:34:00.000Z2003-03-08T16:44:25.000ZThis is what I love about the Economist. There are surely a great number of things wrong with being eminently sensible, but many a time it's nice to have the Economist fight your battles for you. Look at this and this. Since when did we start legislating language again? You'd think it was the French for fuck's sake. The sky is falling. Dude, your dick's on fire.
Speaking of shithead loser subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-903563592003-03-08T15:11:00.000Z2003-03-08T15:11:03.280ZHmm... Seems as if my ploy of putting my blog url in my Opera forum's sig is getting people to actually come here. How scary :D. Hi, fjames, nice to know you don't think I'm a complete nutter.
I suppose I always wanted more or less complete strangers to read my blog more than the people that I knew around me, since I'll probably be writing about those around me and I don't want to feel as if Isubtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-903180762003-03-07T20:02:00.000Z2003-03-07T20:02:32.390ZNow that I'm sure people have given up looking at this due to lack of updates (or let's face it - interest) I can get back to writing whatever the fuck I want. Well the real reason would obviously be that I'm just unhappy and can't be bothered to write.
That pretty much stopped me in my tracks for a couple of minutes at least. I capitulated about the whole Opera SDI thing in the forums today,subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-900392402003-03-03T08:02:00.000Z2003-03-03T08:02:07.903ZJust found the quote I was (not too actively till now) looking for from the Third Man,
"In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cukoo clock."
- subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-897799582003-02-26T16:05:00.000Z2003-02-26T16:05:13.903ZCan't remember what I was so eager to blog about just now, since the page had trouble loading. Yeah, I was going to e-mail Richard again, just to prove how "indulgent" he can be :). I suppose the core of my essay will still be the same, using Larsen to make the case for a demarcation of focalisation, narration and an implied author (or textual intention/meaning). What's changed though, is I'm subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-897675052003-02-26T09:41:00.000Z2003-02-26T09:41:21.263ZJust uninstalled Norton Antivirus and installed Pc-cillin 2003. Surprised by the gain in responsiveness, rather impressed. Worried about the efficacy of the firewall though since it doesn't work by asking for permission by each program, rather is simply screens out known trojans etc. Suppose it's fine, I've never been particularly picky about what's running, even the Real stuff - if I install it,subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-896324202003-02-24T09:02:00.000Z2003-02-24T09:02:58.123ZSomeone or somehow, my stuff has been clear out of the kitchen spaces and the place actually looks tidy. I’m sure I have Emen to thank, if not the whole bunch of them. I should feel angry like I did last night, because it really isn’t anybody’s buisness and I would have confronted rather than given in. The fact that they didn’t let me has me a bit ashamed and a bit grateful, though in a way that subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-895810892003-02-23T04:07:00.000Z2003-02-23T04:07:57.266ZI've got to return alot of shit tomorrow. Both sets of Angel and Buffy boxed sets and the 2 CD's I've bought. My god those CD's are some of the most anodine half assed elevator music I've heard in a while. subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-894537672003-02-20T20:56:00.000Z2003-02-20T20:56:45.953ZNothing like a good awards show to perk you up. The Brits just came on, and watching Kylie perform with Timberlake was pretty fun. Must say I like the sound of Ms. Dynamite. Oh yeah and I heard the Sugababes sort of mangle "Shape of My Heart" by Sting yesterday, someone's fishing for cred... Oh yes and Mahjong is fun fun fun.
Just to mention, I've been to a number of customisable web portals subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-894424772003-02-20T17:24:00.000Z2003-02-20T17:24:31.613ZWhen you fuck it up later do I get my money back?subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-893611122003-02-19T08:33:00.000Z2003-02-19T08:33:20.530ZA bit annoyed that I'm playing shuttlecocks with browsers but I'm back with Opera for a while. Anyway I've just been watching Roswell for the past couple of hours and inevitably after watching a series and having convulsions of the soul for the entirety of the night, I'm in that sentimental place again. Watched the 2nd season Christmas Nazi episode which was particularly moving I thought, the subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-892403552003-02-17T14:34:00.000Z2003-02-17T14:37:41.000ZThis is pretty much a reaction to Cari having gotten my much delayed mail and threatening to read this.
So yes, for whatever reason, I've not been writing the whole time I was in Chicago, which is probably a function of how happy I am there. What annoys me is the fact that I can't seem to equate work with anything other than making myself not so happy. It seems as if the only thing to be said subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-889873832003-02-12T19:27:00.000Z2003-02-12T19:27:47.316ZI've moved back to Internet Explorer. Thanks to Meaya's Popup Ad Filter the experience had been quite good. It's trialware but if you visit this lovely site you'll find a way to get around that. I've only really bought software online once, and that was audiocatalyst back when I was ripping my entire CD collection. Regreted it then and still think it was a waste of cash. Despite the return of subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-887335512003-02-08T00:49:00.000Z2003-02-08T00:49:01.750ZI've just finished watching 7 straight episodes of Enterprise. Let's just say it's going well... :P. I don't know, the problem is I don't feel particularly unhappy, on the contrary I'm actually quite contented, and can't really bring myself to face the aggravation of work. Plus it's bloody cold. Washing machines are still spoilt, will have to get Hiaw Khim to call.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-887262772003-02-07T21:48:00.000Z2003-02-07T21:48:07.590ZWhat is my fixation with women? I've just been watching what might be called a "Hoshi" episode of Enterprise, basically focusing on Hoshi. I was fixated and squealing all the way through it. *sigh*. Hoshi had her inaugural shower scene... got to wear revealing gym gear for alot of it, and managed to let her hair fall for most of it. I suppose what was also so interesting about it was the fact subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-887186612003-02-07T18:59:00.000Z2003-02-07T18:59:45.643ZHow fantastic to type this in a space that's not 800x600. Listening to Michelle Branch now. Fantastic stuff, bought her unreleased first album, called Broken Bracelet and it's amazing. If anything it's more moving than Spirit Room. Got it from her personal website here. Got to e-mail her dad at the same time which is pretty cool.
Torn now about whether I'll eventually get an LCD or a CRT. The subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-886796492003-02-07T01:41:00.000Z2003-02-07T01:41:15.353ZFuck me it can get cold here. It's better today, but yesterday was pretty miserable. Thing is the washing machines downstairs are broken as well, so I haven't been able to do my promised laundry. Downloading Firefly and Enterprise has been going well, most of it is on disc already. Made a copy of Valmont for Sulin, shall have to find a way to get it to her. Must remember to send off transcript subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-885756572003-02-05T05:57:00.000Z2003-02-05T05:57:17.830ZKazaa is a miraculous thing. And so incidentally is massive amounts of storage - I'm getting quite a bit of mileage out of the 80 gig drive I got for the computer here. Must remember to make copy of Valmont for Sulin. Flight wasn't horrible, if a bit sick making. Had no trouble at immigration this time, seems as if they might have lightened up on entry by Singaporeans. Maybe not. They did seem tosubtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-884999412003-02-04T00:11:00.000Z2003-02-04T00:11:01.743ZTurns out that I didn't actually waste money on my flight by ordering from BMI. Hope it goes okay, wonder if I'll have to go to ticketing before checking in. The ticket from BMI was just 249 while NYS was doing it for a about 290, though they probably could have offered me another flight for less. It's just that SIA is also Star Alliance which is nice. Along with United.
I got a 70 for my 1900subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-884571912003-02-03T05:30:00.000Z2003-02-03T05:30:37.796ZSo not only have I been a bit of a raw nerve the past couple of days, today, going out to get my seminar readings was a particularly Lost Highway moment. Night-time with sort of humming burnished skies, peculiar; and having to walk through all that mud in more or less sleeping attire with a coat; turning back and going round. There are still times when wandering round Spring Lane is still some subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-884440672003-02-03T00:42:00.000Z2003-02-03T00:42:07.306ZBeen very involved in my campaign to save SDI in Opera, hence the lack of updates for all of a day... I've started a blog for it, which you can find here. Quite exciting that I got mentioned by the Inquirer, even though they slanted the story to the extent of getting it wrong, but they sort of fixed it, and it's pushing a bunch of traffic to my thread on the forums. The link to the Inq can be subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-883837882003-02-01T17:47:00.000Z2003-02-01T17:47:05.390ZI suppose I'm still reeling a bit from the whole CNET radio closure thing. I think what one of the analysts said was true, that another voice in the industry has been silenced. I suppose it makes me reconsider what I suppose can be rather puerile ideals of economic efficiency in people losing jobs, especially when it happens to people you know and it affects you. Even if they're many miles away subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-883831332003-02-01T17:30:00.000Z2003-02-01T17:30:58.120ZI wonder whether Woody Allen really meant it when his character said that "comedy, is tragedy plus time". A space shuttle just failed to land, it probably scattered all over texas. I don't suppose I have any particular attachment to the shuttle or anything to do with space, but I'm still sentimental, and I just woke up to discover this. An article can be found here. I go to two places when I'm subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-883742142003-02-01T12:17:00.000Z2003-02-01T12:17:09.866ZSomeone should invent headphones, and I mean proper headphones - not earbuds, that don't pinch specs into the side of your head. I suppose some that don't require that elasticity to stay in place. But that will have to wait till I have something to eat.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-883739712003-02-01T12:03:00.000Z2003-02-01T12:19:47.000ZMore people in need to being lampooned, poet laureates' my ass. Not to say that the Bush administration is any better, "believes it would be inappropriate to turn a literary event into a political forum" as if it could be anything else... But I suppose here is where I wear my hypocrite hat and say, people who study the "humanities" should know better (at least better than politicians, but that's subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-883735852003-02-01T11:39:00.000Z2003-02-01T11:39:54.073ZI'm just finding writing now very much comforting, so you'll forgive me for keeping going for at least a bit more. I think I've really sold REM short on New Adventures in Hi-Fi, though it might just be me being sentimental at the moment. How the West Was Won is actually a remarkable almost-transfiguration of the ur-song of Monster. Keyboard riff is fantastic - if I was a shitty music journalist, subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-883731262003-02-01T11:10:00.000Z2003-02-01T11:10:43.853ZMust say the scrolling in Opera 7 final can be as smooth as shit from a duck's ass.
One of the last tracks of Star is playing now, Untogether. I can't say why, maybe it's because it's a love song, of the rarity that occurs in alt-rock, but right now it's so incredibly moving. And over. In fact a large part of the end of this album in fantastic in that light. Lots of people write about honesty subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-883728342003-02-01T10:52:00.000Z2003-02-01T11:11:17.000ZOh yeah, I suppose I should mention that CNET radio's gone belly up, which is rather upsetting. I suppose they were right not to drag out the fact that they knew it was all ending, but it was quite a shock, there suddenly being a "final" Anchordesk on the Air. David Coursey's rather readable columns can be found at Anchordesk. It's not even that he's that good, other than being, as I said, subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-883727202003-02-01T10:46:00.000Z2003-02-01T10:58:55.000ZBizarre night last night. Had the Chinese New Year dinner thing with Edel and posse. It was okay, nothing special. Fish was nice. Came back, played bridge with Spong, Edel and Clarissa. After which the weirdness sets in.
I'm being judgemental but you know, hello, it's me. Went over to one of the Hickleton houses where it was a bunch of Malaysians and Chinese nationals. Hoping to play tai ti, subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-883302762003-01-31T15:44:00.000Z2003-01-31T15:44:30.166ZWell my eyes didn't pop out, but I played bridge, and didn't write my essay. I'm feeling sort of better today, but wish I hadn't had that beer last night. I think it's a sure sign that it's about time to stop this habit.
Just did one of my monster washing up throes. Wish there was more to do online. Anyone got any suggestions about where to visit? Can't decide whether I should just take it subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-882979632003-01-31T00:49:00.000Z2003-01-31T00:49:26.900ZStill feeling depressed, have just been watching this rather good sitcom called "Grounded for Life". I don't think I quite appreciate watching TV and other media as much as I do when I'm unhappy.
Just on a side note, I think I'll be switching the way the blog is organised, so that the latest blog will be the top most, if not when I post past midnight things get a bit screwy.
Sort of feel subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-882858552003-01-30T20:42:00.000Z2003-01-30T20:45:44.000ZFuck me, it's really snowing outside. Shnowman :D. I didn't even realise till I went downstairs just now, since I can't see out my window in my room. Guess I'm not going to be going tomorrow to do jack then. Watching "Secret of My Sucess", which I like, but wish it wasn't what I was doing right now, or at least that my essay was done.subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-882847322003-01-30T20:20:00.000Z2003-01-30T20:20:13.140ZI'm really sick of doing my essay. Want to just chuck it in and not bother. Just feeling demoralised about all this, feel like resigning myself to being a failed academic.
Chatted to Karen last night, which was sort of nice. I think I feel a bit awkward about the fact that I didn't actually know her that well when she was in York, so find being pally a bit strange. Find myself being friendly subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-882408142003-01-30T01:52:00.000Z2003-01-30T01:52:03.566ZDon't really feel like doing writing for my essay, and don't feel like reading so I shall blog. I like to think of this as a kind of disgesting of information, because I've sort of made a kind of breakthrough in my essay, and want to let it work around in my unconscious for awhile.
I'm also listening to CNET radio as well, which is my version of jogging, since it keeps me from thinking too subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-882259082003-01-29T20:54:00.000Z2003-01-29T20:54:23.923ZIn order to be disappointing as well as to distract myself, I will not talk about my Norse essay that weighs so heavily on my mind. Instead I will talk about the release of Opera 7.
But before that I'm struck by the need to talk about this american girl in my Fiction and Narrative class. I suppose my initial reaction to her was, "oh my she's hot". Subsequently of course as some will know this subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-880302612003-01-26T03:12:00.000Z2003-01-26T03:12:29.470ZBeen in a flurry of activity in the past couple of hours, as I've been developing my argument for my Norse essay. It's going well, and I think the essay will now be much less about defiance than about representation, the means and processes by which meaning is imposed - basically an examination of Norse poetics in terms of "the age of sagas" as a moment of flux, of a change-over of perspectives subtitlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133572.post-879702442003-01-24T19:17:00.000Z2003-01-24T19:17:25.690ZI've at least started thinking about my Norse essay again, and reading the ghost passage from Njal's Saga just reminds me of how important the theme of defiance has be. Yes, both Gunnar's are defiant as such, but what is the essential difference between them? One is elaborating a textually ambivalent challenge to the operation of the law, while the other directs that defiance against an subtitlesnoreply@blogger.com